Ideas for card craft beginner

chickadee

Hi everyone,

May I be the first to present my male card for this week's challenge?

Here it is:



The scooter is actually decoupage, but it doesn't show up very well in my picture. I hope you like it. Its a bit boring, but I didn't think bits of bling were appropriate this week.

mary43

chickadee - thats brilliant !!! And well done being the first one..........:T

pap - brilliant links.............thanks...........I could be sat here all night but better not....................lol

I'm getting a bit confused with what 'decoupage' really is..........been looking at some decoupage sites and found some where its a method of overlapping pictures to form a collage. Must admit, thats what I thought it was initially, then I found a site that shows it as layering the same image to give 3-D affect.
Can it be either method or is it a specific one ?

Hate to appear a bit of a 'dunce' with these things but I've not done one before.

melissa75_2

Mary 43, I am trying really hard to explain the different types, but I am finding it really hard. I have just tried to explain but it all sounds like gibberish! I'll have a think and see if I come up with something.
Great card by the way chickadee, I love the bright picture on the black background, very eye-catching.

melissa75_2

Right I have had a think and a ciggie (I know I shouldn't smoke). The first type is where you layer up parts of the image, so you distinguish things that are in the background and foreground of the picture. You start off with the whole image and then use smaller and smaller pieces of it. This is the type that I do, and the type that chickadee has used on her card.
The second type is where the whole picture is reduced in size each time. So say you start with the picture 4x5cms, the next layer would be say 3x5cms, the next 2x5cms. I really hope this makes sense!!!

mary43

Thanks melissa. I'll have a go..........never done it before so dont expect miracles......................lol

(no you shouldn't smoke -but then, neither should I..............but I do............lol)

Birdie85

Haven't been around much this week, but everyone's cards are great!

This is my 'Masculine' card. It isn't specifically for men only, but I made it for my brother's birthday so it is a Man's card IYKIM!:rotfl:

mary43

That's brilliant Birdie - really bright and cheerful.:T

chickadee

Birdie, love the card. It really made me smile, and that is what a card is about! A very cheerful design. Well done.

polly1976

Hi this is my male card for the challenge its for my BIL birthday and he likes star wars the image is from google i printed it out then printed out a slightly smaller one and stuck it on top so it looks like yodas shadow IYSWIM? then i mounted him on silver card then onto black the wording in the speach bubble says You have a message from the dark side and inside the card in green ink ive printed Happy Birthday Master Ali.

shaz_mum_of__2

Hi everyone

Polly love your card i cant get the hang of cutting fiddly bits out for decoupage any tips

Chickadee love the contrast

Birdie yours is fun,whats the crab made from ,looks like funky foam i have loads and no ideas???

Well here's mine it's a fathers day card for hubby from my kids




The inside(its a triple card) is burgundy leather effect card the main card is covered in some paper i designed and printed off the lettering is from the canon site someone here posted(thanks) the photo is a clip art(unfortunately he bears no resemblence to my hubby...lol) mounted on three different layers and colours of card i am really pleased with it .....................Shaz